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The township is in central Midland County and is bordered to the northeast by the city of Midland, the county seat.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.3 square miles (55 km 2), of which 20.9 square miles (54 km 2) are land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2), or 1.88%, are water. [1]
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This was the beginning of the village of Homer. In 1834, the territorial legislature divided the area into townships of 12-mile (19 km) squares 144 square miles (370 km 2). The township in lower Calhoun County was named Homer due to the influence of James Hopkins and many other settlers from Homer, Cortland County, New York.
Homer is a village in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek , Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 1,575 at the 2020 census .
Homer Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Homer Township, Calhoun County, Michigan ... Michigan; See also. Home Township, Michigan ...
The area around Homer gradually became settled by farmers, and by 1856, the village had a population of about 350 people. In 1869/70, a rail line was built through the village, and two more lines were built through Homer in the next 15 years, making the village a transportation hum for the area.
The first mill in Homer was constructed about 1837 by Leon Barney and was likely located near the location of the later Cortright- H. Van Patten Co. Mill. In the 1850s, Cornelius Cuykendall Cortright moved from New York state to Michigan , settling first in Hillsdale County, then Branch County before moving to a location near Homer. [ 3 ]
M-20 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from New Era to Midland.It crosses through rural Lower Peninsula forest land between the two ends. The highway serves the college towns of Big Rapids and Mt. Pleasant, home of the main campuses of Ferris State University and Central Michigan University, both located near the trunkline.